UFC Fight Night 70 salaries: Lyoto Machida leads payroll with $200,000

[Wild]

Main Card (FOX Sports 1)
Yoel Romero ($33,000 + $33,000 = $66,000) def. Lyoto Machida ($200,000)
Lorenz Larkin ($33,000 + $33,000 = $66,000) def. Santiago Ponzinibbio ($10,000)
Antonio Carlos Junior ($17,000 + $17,000 = $34,000) def. Eddie Gordon ($15,000)
Thiago Santos ($16,000 + $16,000 = $32,000) def. Steve Bosse ($10,000)
Hacran Dias ($13,000 + $13,000 = $26,000) def. Levan Makashvill ($12,000)

Preliminary Card (FOX Sports 2)
Alex Oliveira ($12,000 + $12,000 = $24,000) def. Joe Merritt ($10,000)
Leandro Silva ($13,000 + $13,000 + $2,000* = $28,000) def. Lewis Gonzalez ($8,000*)
Tony Sims ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Steve Montgomery ($10,000)
Sirwan Kakai ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Danny Martinez ($10,000)

LINK: UFC Fight Night 70 salaries: Lyoto Machida leads payroll with $200,000 - MMA Fighting

 

[teamquestnorth]

It's time for a payraise for Romero

 

[Darqnezz]

I'll fight anyone in the UFC for $200Geez.

 

[Zeph]

Co main getting the same pay as Tony Sims. :/

 

[girlandcoconut]

So how was this payscale determined? Is this just what UFC pays them? And if this gets replaced by the scale we've been talking about then everyone is making SIGNIFICANTLY less money per fight. I feel like I'm missing something. HELP

 

[Zeph]

So how was this payscale determined? Is this just what UFC pays them? And if this gets replaced by the scale we've been talking about then everyone is making SIGNIFICANTLY less money per fight. I feel like I'm missing something. HELP

You're confusing contracted pay with sponsorship pay. The sponsorship money is on top of contracted money, supplementing it, but the new Reebok sponsorship scale is significantly less than what fighters were already making on their own, unless they had no hussle, in a weak unpopular division,were new to the UFC, or a mixture of the previous reasons.

 

[girlandcoconut]

You're a confusing contracted pay with sponsorship pay. The sponsorship money is on top of contracted money, supplementing it, but the new Reebok sponsorship scale is significantly less than what fighters were already making on their own, unless they had no hussle, in a weak unpopular division,were new to the UFC, or a mixture of the previous reasons.

Ah yes, thank you, think my brain cells are melting in this awful heat.

 

[Kinosis]

$200,000 plus sponsorship money, not bad for taking elbows. If Machida keeps fighting he needs someone like Bisping next to get back on track.